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No. 295.052. Patented Mar. 11, 1884,

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Unirse Sra'rns ,BEUR-EX M. ROSE, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,052, dated March 11, 1884.

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To tZ 107210772, may concern:

Beit known that I, REUBEN M. Ross, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Checking-Punches; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to maire and use the same.

Myinvention relates to certain novel and useful iinprovem ents in devices for pnnchi ng tripslips for use in horse-cars, &c., and has for its object to provide such a device to be used in connection with the ordinary fare register and recorder as a check on the conductor, or independent of said register and recorder, ifV desirable; and with these ends in view my invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter fully and in detail described, and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the' art 'to which my invention appertains may more fully understand its construction and operation, l will proceed to describe the same in detail, referring byletters tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- 4 Figure l is a central vertical longitudinal section of a punch. having secured thereto a box, within which is a roll of ribbon or paper wound around a rotating drum, and with the end brought up between the jaws ofthe punch; Fig. 2,- a similar view, showing a set of friction-rolls pivoted within the lower jaw for the purpose of feeding out the paper intermittently; Fig. 3, a detail View of the lower jaw with, the rolls pivot-ed therein, and Fig. 4 a detail view of the upper jaw with spring-pawl attached thereto for operating the ratchet to impart motion to the friction -rolls.

Similar letters denote like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

A is the upper jawof the punch, and B the lower. Itis not deemed necessary to enter into any detailed explanation of the punch itself, as my improvement is applicable to any punch. The two jaws are pivoted at G, and the cutter is secured to the upper jaw.

D is a box secured to the lower jaw, and E a drum mounted therein so as to rotate freely.

F is a strip of paper wound closely around this drum, the outer end being brought up through. the slot G in the bottom of the lower jaw, out underneath the cutter L, all of which will be readily understood by reference to Fig. l. The strip of ribbon or paper is pulled out by the hand or fed out by proper mechanism, and may be perfectly blank, or numbers may be printed thereon, as may be desired. Abox may or may not be secured in any well-known manner to the lower j aw under the cutter to form a receptacle for the bits of paper punched out. Vhcn used, said box is so constructed and attached to the lower jaw as to be readily removed for the purpose of examination, Src. In my improvement there is no lateral opening in the lower jaw, as the trip-slip is fed from the bottom, as hereinbefore set forth, which is especially advantageous, as there can be no danger of any foreign substance getting between the j aws. I am enabled to feed the slip of paper automatically by means of mechanism illustrated at Figs. 2, 3, and 4;, which consists of two rolls, H I, pivoted within the lower jaw, one above the other. On one side of the lower jaw, I, is a ratchet-wheel, J.

K is a spring-pawl projecting downward from the upper jaw and adapted to engage with the ratchet-wheel J at the depression of said jaw, and thereby operate the feed-rolls. The slip F is arranged between the feed-rolls, and as the upper jaw is depressed the pawl K engages with the ratchet i and operates the feed-rolls, which causes the said slip to be fed out.

The surfaces of one or both rolls may be of rubber or any other suitable material, in order that more friction may be produced and the feeding rendered more positive.

The slip mayhave numbers printed thereon, or it may be left blank;-and, if desired, any

` suitable receptacle may be arranged to receive the punched particles of paper.

By the use of my improvement the separate slips now commonly in use are entirely dispensed with, and a 'continuous slip operated and controlled by the action of the punch itself substituted therefor.

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I do not wish to confine myself to the exact l pair of jaws carrying male and femaledies, I5 style of punch shown, as my improvement is and mechanism, substantially as described,for adapted to any punch. feeding the strip intermittently, the lower jaw Having thus described my invention, what I having a slot through it, and carrying a box 5 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters with a drum therein, upon which the strip is Patent, is coiled, and from which it is fed through the 2o v1. A punch having a pair of jaws carrying, slot to a position between the jaws, substanrespectively, male and female dies, the lower tially as set forth. jaw having a slot through it from its under In testimony whereof I affix my signature in Io side, and carrying a drum upon which the presence of two witnesses.

strip is coiled, and from which it is fed through REUBEN M. ROSE. the slot to a position between the jaws, substan- Witnesses: tially as described. S. S. WILLIAMSON,

2. A ticket or strip punch comprising `a W. W. MORTIMER. 

